The doctor who examined an Aboriginal woman the night before she died while in police custody in WA's Pilbara, tells a Coronial inquest it was a "significant failure" not to take her temperature in hospital....

Some West Australian prisons are ill-equipped to handle extreme temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius in cells, creating intolerable and inhumane conditions for prisoners, the inspector of custodial services finds....

Riot police reportedly used tear gas and rubber bullets to restore order at the Christmas Island detention centre after a violent stand-off between authorities and detainees. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says the detainees in the centre, whether asylum seekers or New Zealand citizens ...

New Zealand's Maori Party says some of the detainees being held on Christmas Island have had their Australian visas cancelled after committing minor crimes, including shop lifting and traffic offences. But Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has stressed a significant number of almost 200 ...

A grim end was likely for an ageing retired police dog which had fallen into a rocky hole on a Pilbara fishing trip, until a resourceful police officer was able to adapt his gun holster to make an unlikely rescue....